Young, Gifted and Giving Back
Award-winning cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, donates thousands to old secondary school so 10 other young people can continue having cello lessons. Story from bbc.co.uk view the whole story and video here >>
Grant of £10,000
LCS is pleased to announce a grant of £10,000 just awarded for a chamber music initiative with In Harmony Lambeth cellos, part of El Sistema England and Lambeth Music Service. Under the tutelage of [...]
London Cello Society at Kings Place
Sam Pryce has written a review of Kate Shortt after an entertaining evening at King's Place in London. Read the full review on The Cusp - Cello Cabaret here >>
Guy Johnston’s 300 Year Old Cello
10 years ago, Guy Johnston’s cello was broken on a trans-Atlantic flight coming back from a US tour, leading to a 7-year search for a particular cello carved meticulously 300 years ago in Rome [...]
What’s Been Happening with the New LCS Beyond Cello Course
Here’s what’s happening in the new LCS Beyond Cello Course with star teacher Shirley Smart! We have already learned a delicious North African "chaabi" piece called Ticaraca Tchoub…who knows what it means, but it’s [...]
Appearance on the Andrew Marr Show & Proms
Some of the UK's finest cellists joined forces for an appearance on the Andrew Marr show and at the Proms on Monday 25th July. It was a fabulous 12 - cello Tour de Force! [...]
2 London Cello Society Members in Britain’s Got Talent Semi Finals
Britain’s Got Talent is featuring two London Cello Society members (Ana Vranes and Chris Jack) in the Wednesday May 25th semi-final. They’re part of the Collaborative Orchestra and Singers. It’s going out at 7:30pm [...]
How Encore Can Help Cellists
From Facebook to Uber, the internet revolution has changed all of our lives, but the music industry has been left behind. Until now, when Encore has entered the field. Founded in 2014, Encore is [...]
AMATEURS PARADISE! – Sunday 14th February 2016 – with Corinne Morris
Happy New Year! As many of you will know, there have now been a number of very successful London Cello Society Amateur Cello Days at Michael Bird’s house in Barnes. The last one was October 2015, for the usual [...]
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year and thanks to all of you who gave us a very successful Christmas Auction. We have raised over £2000 for our cello pursuits and hope to return you as much in [...]
London Cello Society Online Silent Auction
Holiday Greetings from the London Cello Society! To celebrate the season, we are delighted to present a silent online auction co-sponsored by Bridgewood & Neitzert, one of the UK's leading violin dealers, restorers and [...]
Three Cheers for the London Cello Society!
We have just been awarded a £2000 grant from the Hargreaves and Ball Trust. With our recent £1000 grant from Cavatina Trust, we can increase our support for the In Harmony Lambeth programme, part [...]